secularity
Americannoun
plural
secularities-
secular views or beliefs; secularism.
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the state of being devoted to the affairs of the world; worldliness.
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a secular matter.
noun
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the state or condition of being secular
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interest in or adherence to secular things
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a secular concern or matter
Etymology
Origin of secularity
Example Sentences
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Macron had originally intended to make an address inside the cathedral, but was advised that this would contravene France's strict rules on secularity.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024
“And that would be a tragedy, given the cultural importance and intense secularity of New York.”
From Washington Times • Aug. 31, 2023
“When religion is infusing these secular spaces, it troubles the concept of religion, but also troubles the strict secularity we’ve come to expect.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2021
One could say that, in moving from theory to praxis, Hägglund’s secularity gets a touch religious, burning with correction.
From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019
The vices which Christ regarded with abhorrence are perversions of character—hypocrisy, hard-heartedness, and worldliness or secularity; and who can say what degree of success the Gospel has achieved in combating these?
From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph
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